Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 27 July 1968) is an Italian actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, she has also worked as a producer, screenwriter and model.
Cucinotta was born in Messina, Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy. She is well known in Italy as a movie and television actress, but internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and as the Bond girl, the Cigar Girl, in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.
She guest starred in The Sopranos episode "Isabella". She also appeared on The Simpsons episode "The Italian Bob" voicing Sideshow Bob's wife, Francesca.
She won the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2010.
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